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A. M. MORRISON.

SUPPORTING BAND PoR APRONS..

Patented Nv. 30, 1886.:

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UNITRD ST atras ANNIE M. MORRISON,

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SUPPORTING-BAND IFOR APRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,575, dated November30. 1886.

Application led J' u1)` 27, 1886. Serial No. 209,256.

Togo/ZZ whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, ANNIE M. MORRISON,

Y a citizen of the United States. residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of 3. 5, l \lewv York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Aprons and Supports and Re tai'ners Therefor, of whichthe following is a "'specification.

t is very desirable to provide aladys apron which can be quickly appliedto and removed from the person at will without the necessity oftyingvand untying strings or tapes. This has heretofore been effected byslipping a pocket along the upper edge of the lapron upon a -I g.hard-rubber spring-band adapted to clasp the waist of the person andhave its ends connected by aslide; but in such no provision has beenmade for keeping the upper edge of the apron distended along the springand held against shoving or `moving along the length of the spring, inconsequence of which the apron when in use becomes displaced and theupper edge thereof must be frequently drawn at its ends to distend itupon the spring to keepit in proper position, which is veryobjectionable and annoying.

To avoid such objections and provide a novel spring-band and means ofattaching the apron thereto, so that it is held in proper place underall circumstances, are the objects of my invention, whiohl accomplish byproviding'a steel band, the tendency of which is to assume a eonvoluteform, and attaching the ends of the apron-waistband to said sp1 ing by ahook or by slots and tapes, as hereinafter described and claimed.

`In the accompanying drawings', Figure l is a perspective view of anapron showing the position of the waistband when not in use;

4o Fig. 2, a detached perspective View of the convoluted steel band inits closed position; Fig. 3, a viewofthe apronshowing the tapes at theends of the waistband for securing it to the steel band7 and Fig. 4 aperspective view of the steel band showing a modication for at- Jcachingthe' ends of the apron-waistband;

' In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates an apron having, as hereshown, a waistband, 2, -in the form of a tubular pocket, in which is (Nomodel) 'tion of the steel band, is passed through the slots or openings4 and then tied to their companion strings or tapes, thereby securelyattaching the ends of the apron-waistband to the steel band and holdingsuch. waistband against shirring or other movement along the length ofthe steel band. Thisattachment of the waistband to the steel spring-bandnot only prevents movement of the waistband along the steel band, but italso maintains the waistband in a distended position, so that it cannever be displacd from proper position on the steel band. The eonvolutei'orln of the steel band bringsit into asmall compass when not in use,which is desirable, and it can be quickly Opened out and clasped aroundthe waist, where it will support and retain the apron without otherfastenings.

Instead of attaching the ends of the waistband to the steel bandbystrings or tapes in the manner and for the purpose hereinbeforestated, I may provide the steel band near or at each end with a pointedhook, 6, which may be passed through the endsof the apron waistbandafter the insertion of the spring.l

well as by two strings at each end tied through the slots.

The apron-waistband applied to the springsupport according to myinvention is always preserved in a neat tightly-drawn shape,

' 50 inserted'zthe vconvoluted steel band 3, which thereby producing avery satisfactory article. 10o

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Aconvoluted-springhand for supporting an apron, having adjacent to itsends the lat- 5 erally-projecting hooks 6, for penetrating and therebysecuring the ends of an apron-waistband, substantially as described.

2. A convoluted spring-band for supporting lan a 32, h'z'in, adjacent toits ends the ad- 1o justaole sliding plates 7, having attached hooks 6,for penetrating and thereby securing an apron-waistband, substan tiallyas described.

3. A spring-band for supporting an apron, having adjacent4 to each end alongitudinal yslot and a. laterally-projecting hook, 6, slb- 15stantially as and for the vpurpose described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

,ANNIE M. MORRISON.

Witnesses:

J. F. WILLIAMs, J As. R. EDWARDS.

It is hereby certified that in the papers pertaining to the case uponwhich Letters Patent No. 353,575 have this day been issued to Annie M.Morrison, for' an improvement in Supporting Bands for Aprons, there isan amendment led November 20, 1886, in the following Words, to Wit: I donot here broadly claim un 'apron hut/ing d waistband provided dt itscnds with strings, in combination with u convoluted spring band appliedto the apron waistband und hcl/ting a slot near euch end through whichthe upronstrings ure-passed und tied, as such constitutes thesubject-matter of d separate application' for Letters Patent jtled by meNovember 20, 1886, which said amendment should have been incorporated'in the speeication immediately preceding the claims; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samemay conform to the record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 30th day of November, A. D. 1586.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

' Acting Secretary of the Interior.

lCrec-tion Ainv wLeiters 4uPatent lilo.. 353,575.

Countersigned R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner oflutents.

